"Sir, it's called "Succotash"

[MichaelD]

Well, I learned something today.

Went to a cafeteria-style place for lunch. While moving thru the line, I pointed and said "I'll have some of the mixed veggies...the corn w/the lima beans, please."

The guy serving informed me that it was called "succotash."

WTH? It was corn and lima beans, mixed together. It's good...I like my veggies.

Why the hell is it called "succotash?" What's it mean?

Another curious thread from yours truly.

 

[loup garou]

Sufferin' succotash!
Succotash is good, can't believe you've never heard of it before...

 

[Ogg]

I didnt think anyone really ate lima beans.......

 

[Cougar]

<daffy duck>Suffering Succotash!</daffy duck> (it was daffy who always said this right?)

 

[amnesiac]

Search revealed the following:

The ingredients of succotash - corn and lima beans - almost stumped a recent contestant on "Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?" the popular TV game show. Fortunately, he wasn't asked the dish's origin. The name, Stevens says, probably derives from "msickquatash," a Narraganset Indian word meaning "ear of corn."

From this page: http://search.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/05/24/p16s1.htm

And another site seems to back the native american origin: http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/foods_view/1,1523,151,00.html

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Cougar
<daffy duck>Suffering Succotash!</daffy duck> (it was daffy who always said this right?)

I believe so, yes..

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Cougar
<daffy duck>Suffering Succotash!</daffy duck> (it was daffy who always said this right?)

I believe so, yes..

Nope, Sylvester!

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
Search revealed the following:

The ingredients of succotash - corn and lima beans - almost stumped a recent contestant on "Do You Want to Be a Millionaire?" the popular TV game show. Fortunately, he wasn't asked the dish's origin. The name, Stevens says, probably derives from "msickquatash," a Narraganset Indian word meaning "ear of corn."

From this page: http://search.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/05/24/p16s1.htm

And another site seems to back the native american origin: http://www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/foods_view/1,1523,151,00.html

Holy crap...it's freakin' beans and corn! Now it's a "science?"

Heheh, I hope they ask me this question when I'M ON "Who Wants to be a Millionaire!"

 

[Brutuskend]

It's called that because fellatiotash is too hard to spell.

 

[notfred]

That doesn't sound very good.

 

[kranky]

It's actually pretty good, if you leave out the lima beans.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: kranky
It's actually pretty good, if you leave out the lima beans.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Cougar
<daffy duck>Suffering Succotash!</daffy duck> (it was daffy who always said this right?)

I believe so, yes..

Nope, Sylvester!

OH!

Where's that M4H pic when you need it?

I can't believe I missed that one.. lol

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: notfred
That doesn't sound very good.

What doesn't sound good, oh Poo-Pooer of my threads? It's corn and lima beans. It's pretty tasty. "Tastes good" is relative. For example, I'd rather have my eyes gouged out with a rusty fork than eat Collard Greens. Nasty!